BRAND IMAGE: AWARENESS OF SENSORY BRANDING AND ITS EFFECT ON PURCHASE BEHAVIOUR OF CONSUMERS.

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In developed countries people are more conscious about their Branding pattern .Brand makes one product different from competitors . In marketing one of the vital tool is Branding which differentiate brand image and its identity from one another. Sensory branding is intended to plea the human five senses, to engross feelings and so to encourage purchasing behavior. For building brand image various Companies uses different ideas for bestowing their brand by bring together unique advertisements. Sensory branding includes five senses, with the help of these senses how disparity can be created with respect to challengers becomes very easy. The objective of this paper is to spread awareness of sensory branding among consumers on emotional level which is more immersive by considering all the five senses together and to see the responds of which sense among five is more useful and its effect on purchase behavior of consumers.


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[Ankita Verma and Kushendra Mishra. (2017); BRAND IMAGE: AWARENESS OF SENSORY BRANDING AND ITS EFFECT ON PURCHASE BEHAVIOUR OF CONSUMERS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jun). 1882-1885] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


ANKITA VERMA
BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY,LUCKNOW

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4617      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4617